I grew up taking piano lessons and liking Wagner when I was in second grade.

Quote by Tom Verlaine

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I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If...

I always hated jazz guitar. I loved jazz saxophone but I hated jazz guitar. If...

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of...

The first time I met Patti Smith was in a laundromat. We knew some of...

What's really fun is to write under different names.

What's really fun is to write under different names.

You have to have that organizational principle behind the song.

You have to have that organizational principle behind the song.

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled...

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled...

I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to...

I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to...

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up...

When somebody turned me on to a Coltrane record around seventh grade, I took up...

I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in...

I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in...

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

It's like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and...

It's like first grade where you make all your mistakes and people see it and...

I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes...

I just don't like people coming up to me and saying something. It immediately makes...

Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense.

Emily Dickinson has great sound and sense.

I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated...

I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated...

I really don't have that much interest in stardom.

I really don't have that much interest in stardom.

All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so...

All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so...

The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.

The song Venus de Milo, the whole subject of it is Love is a drug.